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Category : Korea
Languages : en
Pages : 500
Book Description
Korea Focus on Current Topics
Author: The Koreas
Author: Mary E. ConnorPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1576077284
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
The Koreas delivers border-to-border coverage of North and South Korea, with chapters dedicated to history and geography, social and cultural customs, and economics and politics. It's not hard to understand why Koreans describe their lives as han, which means "living with a great and sustained sorrow." In the 20th century alone, they endured a 35 year Japanese military occupation, one of the most brutal civil wars in history, and decades of occupation by rival superpowers. Yet the story of this hauntingly beautiful, mountainous land is not ultimately one of war and devastation. The Koreas: A Global Studies Handbook tells the story of a warm and generous people who have retained their distinctive language and culture despite repeated foreign occupations, achieved a literacy rate of almost 100 percent, outscored nearly every other nation in science and math, and reshaped their devastated post-war economy into one of the four tigers of Asian economic growth.
The U.S. and the Two Koreas
Author: Tong Whan ParkPublisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers
ISBN: 9781555878078
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
Presents revised and updated papers from a March 1997 conference held at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. Papers investigate the new relationships emerging among Washington, Seoul, and Pyongyang in which political, military, and economic variables interact in a new way. Subjects include South Korea's nuclear option, US-North Korea economic relations, US public opinion of the two Koreas, and Japan and China's responses to changing developments in Korea. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Bulletin
Author: The European Union, East Asia and South Korea
Author: Christian FranckPublisher: Presses univ. de Louvain
ISBN: 9782930344850
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
This book is the first to make the point on the different aspects of the relations between Europe and East Asia, with a special focus on Korea. The approach favours multidisciplinarity by analyzing topics from different angles : history, economy and politics.
Korea Update
Author: Over the Line
Author: Chuck DownsPublisher: American Enterprise Institute
ISBN: 9780844740294
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
This book explores the role of espionage and infiltration and provides an alarming prediction of the future course of North Korea's relations with the United States and it allies.
An International Look at Educating Young Adolescents
Author: Steven B. MertensPublisher: IAP
ISBN: 1607528193
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
(Sponsored by the Middle Level Education Research Special Interest Group and the National Middle School Association) Studies like the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) have compared the performance of U.S. middle grade students (i.e., eighth graders) to those in other countries. In relation to middle grade schools, 20 countries outperformed the United States in mathematics and nine countries scored above the U.S. in science. The intent of this volume of The Handbook of Research in Middle Level Education, An International Look at Educating Young Adolescents, is to broaden our understanding of middle grade schooling by critically examining the education of young adolescents (ages 10-15, typically grades 6-8) through an international lens. In addition to looking at how schooling and students are organized for teaching and learning, this handbook will focus on the successes and failures that are evident in a wide variety of nations, present the indictments and praises that have been offered by supporters and critics alike, and review the research that has been generated about educating young adolescents in an effort to cross national boundaries. Ultimately, this volume of the handbook series will explore what international perspectives teach us about the effective education of young adolescents.
Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Korea
Author: Andrew C. NahmPublisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 9780810849495
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
This dictionary presents a balanced and objective view of South Korea, providing a long perspective and covering varied aspects of South Korean life. Domestic, political, and social events, foreign affairs, economic and cultural developments, and the men and women who have influenced the country's history are reviewed in the more than 400 entries, many of which are new or have been updated from the first edition. The dictionary's chronology and historical narrative, also updated, cover the entire history of Korea for the benefit of readers who have little or no knowledge of the overall history of the Korean people. The extensive bibliography has been updated to include the most current and best books, journals, and websites, making this a valuable reference source for the scholar, student, and general reader.
Korean Economic Reform
Author: Robert F. EmeryPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351760084
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 235
Book Description
This title was first published in 2001. In 1997 the author was told, by an official at the Korean embassy in Washington DC, that the most serious economic problem facing Korea was the need for reform of the financial sector. This proved to be true, as a financial crisis hit Korea in November 1997. Though problems arising before November 1997 indicate that Korea's economic problems were not solely financial. This study covers earlier reform efforts, the 1997 crisis and the measures taken by Korea since then to deal with the country's economic problems. It attempts to analyze the problems and offer suggestions as to how problems might corrected or resolved.